August 18 & 19

Melinda has had a goo couple of days. On Tuesday ST played some of the songs off of Melinda's cds and they sang to them. They had a great time and laughed a lot. Tuesday afternoon OT came to get Melinda to do something different. She hooked up a wii game to the tv near the nurses station. Melinda played baseball and a little tennis. She could not quite get the timing down but she enjoyed it anyway. PT came by while Melinda was playing and thought that was a good idea. PT asked if she could use it on Wednsday. On Wednsday PT put a twist to the wii game and had Melinda stand to play it using her good arm (left) to play and to use her weak side to steady her and to balance herself. In the afternoon PT came by with a walker. PT stood Melinda behind the walker and with a little assistance Melinda walked. She still has balance problems and she still crosses her right leg in front of ther left but she is moving her legs better and she did a good job of hanging on to the walker with her right hand. We are making progress and it is exciting but she has a lot of hard work remaining to be able to do things on her own. She had two people helping her with the walker but she was doing most of the work.

Prayers are being answered. Please continue to keep Melinda in your prayers.
God bless you all.